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A Fence Built for Your Los Gatos Hillside Lot
Fence Contractor in Los GatosLos Gatos climbs into the Santa Cruz Mountains foothills, so slope and sight lines shape every fence, and we build vinyl or aluminum to fit both.
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Vinyl and Aluminum Fencing in Los Gatos
Los Gatos homeowners call us for slope-racked privacy panels, corner fences that respect sight lines, and downtown picket runs.
Foothill grades change block to block here, and a corner lot’s fence has to clear a sight triangle before it clears anything else, so plans get checked against both the slope and the town’s visibility rule before a single post goes in.
Building for Los Gatos Slopes
Los Gatos sits where the valley floor meets the Santa Cruz Mountains foothills, and elevation shifts noticeably from block to block. A fence line rarely runs flat for long here, so panels get racked to follow the grade rather than stepped in even sections, keeping the top line clean whether the yard climbs gently or drops sharply toward a neighboring lot.
On corner properties near the Town Center and along routes feeding the Highway 17 corridor, a required sight triangle limits fence height and placement near the intersection, and that gets checked before design work starts, not after.
Services We Offer in Los Gatos
Los Gatos work covers full-privacy vinyl for hillside backyard seclusion, semi-privacy and picket styles for downtown-adjacent front yards, pool-code enclosures, aluminum privacy and picket runs that suit a modern newer build, and wall toppers that add height to an existing block wall without tearing it out. Gate sizes run from a narrow hillside walk gate to a wide driveway span built to swing clear on a slope.
What Shapes Your Fence’s Cost
No prices show up here, because a hillside lot needs eyes on it before a number means anything. What actually moves an estimate: total footage, fence height, vinyl versus aluminum, how many gates and how wide, how much racking the grade demands, and whether a prior fence gets torn out ahead of the new install. A call gets a rough range; a site visit gets a real one.
Height Limits and Permits in Los Gatos
In Los Gatos, Town Code Chapter 29.40 caps a front yard fence, or a side yard abutting a street, at 3 feet. General rear and interior side yards run to 6 feet, with 7 feet allowed if lattice tops the fence on non-hillside residential lots. A building permit is required above 6 feet, though wood fences at 6 feet or less do not need one.
Corner lots carry a required sight triangle, and any exception to it has to be granted by the Town Engineer and the Community Development Director, so corner fence plans get checked against that rule early. Verify your exact figures with the Town of Los Gatos Community Development Department.
Neighborhoods We Build In
From Downtown Los Gatos out along the Highway 17 corridor and into the foothill streets that climb toward the Santa Cruz Mountains, lot grade and corner exposure vary enough that a phone estimate only gets you close; the real number waits on a site visit. We also build for homes bordering San Jose, Campbell, Saratoga, and Gilroy, where slope and sight-line rules still shape the plan.
The color range here
A hillside run is visible from more angles than a flat one, which puts weight on the tone you pick. The two materials do not offer the same amount of it. Vinyl runs to families of color. Aluminum holds a short, fixed set of finishes.
Vinyl colors
Stay plain and the flat colors cover it. Want timber without timber and the smooth grains do that, Dark Sequoia among them. Textured blends push further, with variation across a panel. Color sits inside, so it will not yellow in the sun.
- White
- Tan
- Clay
- Gray
- Coastal Cedar
- Dark Walnut
- Dark Sequoia
- Weathered Aspen
- Mesquite
- Slate Gray
- Arctic Blend
- Brazilian Blend
- Sierra Blend
- Weathered Blend
Pro Vinyl and Aluminum Fencing partners with Catalyst, one of the leading vinyl fence manufacturers in the United States. Their US-made vinyl, our custom fabrication and installation, backed by a transferable limited lifetime material warranty.
The aluminum finishes
Flat and slatted aluminum takes one of three: white, black, wood grain. The contoured profile comes matte black alone. All of it is powder coat, put on with an electrostatic charge and anchored by heat, so a sunny run keeps its finish.
- Black
- WoodGrain
- White
Pro Vinyl and Aluminum Fencing is a trained and authorized SLEEKFENCE™ contractor. SLEEKFENCE™ is a premium-class aluminum fencing brand registered in the USA – their engineered material, our custom fabrication and welded install, with a 20-year material warranty behind it.
How tall on a hillside
Height on a slope is two questions, not one: how tall at the post, and how the run steps or racks as the ground drops away. The table gives a range per style. The rest comes from your grade and the limit already dealt with above.
| Fence style | Min | Max |
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| Vinyl privacy | 4 ft | 8 ft |
| Vinyl privacy w/Accent top | 5 ft | 8 ft |
| Vinyl picket | 3.5 ft | 6 ft |
| Vinyl wall topper | 2 ft | 3 ft |
| Aluminum privacy | 4 ft | 12 ft |
| Aluminum semi-privacy | 4 ft | 12 ft |
| Aluminum privacy hybrid | 4 ft | 12 ft |
| Aluminum wall topper | 2 ft | 4 ft |
Fences, Gates and Patio Covers We Build in Los Gatos, CA
Our Services-
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Vinyl Gates
The full vinyl gate lineup runs on a metal frame under the cladding, from a single side gate to a wide driveway gate.
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Vinyl Wall Toppers
A short section mounted on the wall or fence you already own, adding height without tearing out what still works.
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Colored Vinyl Fences
Every real vinyl fence color we build, spanning solid neutral tones to layered wood-grain finishes.
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Vinyl Patio Covers
Patio covers and pergolas get built to your yard’s footprint, skipping the sanding and staining a wood cover demands.
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Aluminum Fences
Custom aluminum fencing built in privacy, semi-privacy, or picket styles, powder-coated against rust.
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Aluminum Wall Toppers
Wall toppers welded from aluminum, anchored atop your existing block or masonry wall to add height.
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Aluminum Gates
Gates welded from aluminum to match your fence, built as a walk, driveway, or rolling gate.
What Los Gatos Homeowners Say About Us
Pro Vinyl Fencing company is the best and most reasonable in Burbank. An easy company to work with. They provide good service and quality products. Customer service and responsiveness was great.
We are grateful for the quality of their work and look forward to use their service again. Highly recommended! You won’t regret doing business with them.
These guys were awesome. From Mike, the salesman, coming to give me a quote to the installation by Levon and Igor. Great job. Finished in one day and cleaned up after themselves. Highly recommend them. Don’t look anywhere else. Thanks Jasmine and team!
#1 vinyl fencing company, called in super nice staff, they came out the next day gave me an amazing quote; and had it installed in a day. Definitely will work with them again in the near future! Thank you Pro Vinyl Fencing for giving the best customer service.
Our new fencing is beautiful, durable, and just what we needed to freshen up our back yard. Russell took pride in his work and made sure it was perfect and that our yard was clean when he left.
Can’t wait to update my plants and flowers. Our new fence makes a perfect backdrop for them. Thank You Zoro and Russell!
Recent Work
Recent Fence Builds Around Los Gatos
Slope-racked privacy fences, corner-lot builds cleared for sight lines, pool enclosures, and modern aluminum runs make up the vinyl and aluminum installs shown here, finished on Los Gatos foothill properties and the surrounding foothill area.
Los Gatos, California: Fencing Facts
A Foothill Town South of San Jose
Los Gatos is a chartered town in Santa Clara County with a population of 32,379, sitting roughly 60 miles south of San Francisco and about 9 miles southwest of San Jose. The town rises from the valley floor into the Santa Cruz Mountains foothills, and that climb defines much of its residential character, with elevation and slope changing noticeably from one block to the next.
Slope Everywhere, and a Sight-Triangle Rule
Variable slope and elevation run throughout Los Gatos, so a fence that looks level from the street rarely is level along its full run.
Corner lots add a second constraint: a required sight triangle limits height and placement near intersections, and any exception has to come from the Town Engineer and the Community Development Director, a stricter process than a simple setback check. Both conditions get reviewed on-site before a fence design gets finalized.
Downtown, Highway 17, and Neighboring Cities
Downtown Los Gatos anchors the Town Center, with the Highway 17 corridor running through town toward the mountains beyond. Los Gatos borders San Jose to the northeast, Campbell to the east, Saratoga also to the northeast, and Gilroy to the south, with the surrounding landscape rising into Santa Cruz Mountains foothills on multiple sides.
Height Rules, Briefly
Town Code Chapter 29.40 sets front yard and street-facing side yard fences at 3 feet. Rear and interior side yards can reach 6 feet, or 7 feet with lattice on non-hillside residential lots. A building permit kicks in above 6 feet, though 6-foot-or-under wood fences are exempt.
Corner-lot sight-triangle compliance is required and exceptions are granted only by the Town Engineer and Community Development Director, so verify your exact figures with the Town of Los Gatos Community Development Department. A hillside neighborhood’s own association guidelines, where one governs your lot, may set a tighter limit than the town code allows.
Population33,529
CountySanta Clara County
ZIP Code95030-95033
Max Fence Height6 ft + 1 ft
Your Los Gatos Fence Build, Step by Step
Start to FinishA Los Gatos build moves through four fixed stages whether the lot sits flat near downtown or climbs into the foothills: a real measurement, a written agreement, a slope-aware and sight-line-aware install, and a warranty that lasts.
Corner lot or hillside backyard, the sequence itself never changes here, only the details inside each step.
Free Site Estimate
A team member walks the slope, checks corner sight lines if relevant, and measures before quoting a real number.
A Written Contract
Materials, colors, heights, gate widths, and timeline are written down before any post goes into the ground.
Slope-Aware Install
Posts get set to the grade, panels racked true rather than stepped, gates hung, and the old fence hauled off.
Warranty, Handed Over
Pick vinyl for lifetime coverage, or aluminum for 20 and 10 year terms; 5-year workmanship backs either one.
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Los Gatos FAQs
Los Gatos Fence FAQs: Slope, Corners, and Code
Los Gatos foothill slope and its strict corner sight-triangle rule raise questions a flat-lot fencing site never has to answer. Here’s what Los Gatos homeowners typically want to know before booking a free, no-obligation on-site estimate at their address.
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Town Code Chapter 29.40 caps a front yard fence in Los Gatos, or a side yard abutting a street, at 3 feet. General rear and interior side yards can reach 6 feet under the same code.
Corner lots must clear a required sight triangle near the intersection, which limits fence height and placement in that zone.
Any exception has to be granted by the Town Engineer and the Community Development Director, not a general setback waiver.
Yes, on non-hillside residential lots. A general rear or interior side fence can reach 7 feet total if lattice tops a 6-foot fence. Hillside lots follow a different standard, so confirm which applies to your property.
A building permit is required above 6 feet in height. Wood fences at 6 feet or less are exempt from that requirement; the Town of Los Gatos Community Development Department can verify how that applies to your property.
Foothill lots rarely sit level, so we rack panels to follow the grade in a continuous line rather than stepping them, which keeps the fence top clean and avoids gaps a stepped build would leave along a sloped run.
Yes, throughout Los Gatos and the surrounding foothills, plus areas bordering San Jose, Campbell, Saratoga, and Gilroy. Slope varies enough block to block that an accurate figure really needs a look in person.
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